Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.

Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).

Senegal independence day.

Independence of Mali and Senegal.

Communist Party of Independence and Work is banned in Senegal.

Senegal breaks from the Mali federation, declaring its independence.

The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.

Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.

Senegalese marxist group ''Reenu-Rew'' founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.

The Senegalese political party ''PAI-Rénovation'' is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.

Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.

Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.

The Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.

All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

The overcrowded Senegalese ferry ''MV Joola'' capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.